Climate averages 1991–2020
Fada N'gourma weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Fada N'gourma: daytime highs average 39.7°C and nights cool to about 26.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pouytenga (88 km away). In April its highs average 39.5°C, about as warm as Fada N'gourma, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Burkina Faso, Fada N'gourma ranks joint 2nd of 10 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 10 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 10 cities is 39.0°C; Fada N'gourma is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 38.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Fada N'gourma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 36.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| March | 39.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 3.1 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 39.7°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 14 | 3.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 34 | 8.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 51 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 109 | 15.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 196 | 21.1 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 105 | 13.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 36.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 34.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Pouytenga in AprilBurkina Faso · 88 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Bawku in AprilGhana · 129 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 26.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Bolgatanga in AprilGhana · 194 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 26.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Kaya in AprilBurkina Faso · 194 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Saaba in AprilBurkina Faso · 196 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Ouagadougou in AprilBurkina Faso · 208 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 26.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Niamey in AprilNiger · 249 kmHigh 40.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Kara in AprilTogo · 293 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 90 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Fada N'gourma) is explained once on the Fada N'gourma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.